In the News......Marlon Anderson, David Smith's great-grandson, plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers

There will be another attorney within the Smith Family. Cynthia Pullom, Queenie Hall's granddaughter, is a student at Harvard Law School and will be graduating in 2008.

Congratulations to Shari Chavis, RN, MSN, daughter of Betty Norris, who was just honored as 2006 Nurse of the Year and in 2008 Shari was appointed Site Administrator at Grace Hospital, Cleveland, OH.

An article about Ron Mays and his airplane charter company is in the January 2007 issue of Ebony magazine.

Judge Doris Smith, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, won retention to the bench during the November 2007 election. Her daughter, Sarah, graduated from high school in 2007 and is a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in International Studies.

Renee Hauser graduated February 2008 with her Bachelors in Nursing. Her son, Russell, Jr., graduated from Brush High School in 2007 and is enrolled at Ohio State University majoring in Political Science.

T'Keeha Williams, 8th grader and granddaughter of Deborah Ledyard, was awarded a 5 year scholarship to Ohio State University.

Congratulations on retirement to Major Theraid A. McCree. She retired from the US Army in 2007. She is the daughter of Charles and Gwen McCree. Theraid now resides in Douglass Ville, GA and teaches ROTC at Auburn High School.

Congratulations on retirement to Major Yuanthony McCree. He retired from the US Air Force in 2007. He is the son of Charles and Gwen MCree. Yuanthony and his wife and children reside in Beavercreek, Ohio and he now works as the Director of Military Finance at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

Andrea Hill, daughter of Rosaia and Robert Smith, was recently promoted to Director of Human Resources at the law firm of Kohrman Jackson & Krantz, Cleveland OH. Congratulations Andrea!!

Ron Mays will be speaking at the 2008 Black Enterprise Entrepreneur Conference held May 14-17, 2008 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Congratulations to Calah Smith, 16 year old daughter of Richard and Connie Smith. She graduated May 2008 from high school as Valedictorian of her class. She has decided to attend Kennesaw State University and majoring in Music. She will be recognized by the governor of Georgia on Sat. June 7th for her accomplishments. Calah plays the keyboard in the youth ministry at church and volunteers for youth related functons.

Erica L. DiCara, PhD, daughter of Juanita Smith-Dupree, accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Gannon University, Erie, PA. Congratulations to Erica!!

Best Wishes to Jessie Myers on his upcoming retirement September 30, 2008. Jessie worked for 34 years with the Dept. of Agriculture and had 4 years of military service.